stages. The pre reading stages helps in activating the relevant schema. For example, teachers can ask students questions that arouse their interest while
previewing the text. The aim of while-reading stage or interactive process is to develop students’ ability in tackling texts by developing their linguistic and
schematic knowledge. Post-reading includes activities, which enhance learning comprehension using matching exercise, cloze exercise, cut-up sentences and
comprehension question. The aim of teaching reading is to develop students’ skill that they can read
English text effectively and efficiently. In teaching reading, the teacher should provide technique to the students’ with purpose for reading. The purpose for
reading also determines the appropriate approach to reading comprehension therefore; reading technique should be matched to reading purpose to read
effectively.
2.4 Concept of Descriptive Text
Descriptive is one of the most popular of all form of written text. Descriptive is a kind of writing in transferring the dialogue into writing form which is consist of
using dialogue to relation events of human, things or animal. This text describes about someone or something based on the characteristics.
Text is something that belongs to language. Everybody communicates each other by using a text. A text may be a spoken or written, prose or verse, dialogue or
monologue. The descriptive text is can be found in encyclopedia, science magazine, textbook, and history text
. According to Djuharie 2007:24, the goal of descriptive text is to describe someone, something, certain place, or an animal. In other word, descriptive text is
a text that describes about someone, something based on its characteristics. Djuharie 2007:24 also explain the generic structures and the language features of
descriptive text. I. Generic structures of a descriptive text are as below:
a. Identification Introduction is the part of the paragraph that introduces the character or
subject that will be described. b. Description
Description is the part of the paragraph that describes the character, inform the features of subject, such as; the psychology’s character, behavior, physical
appearances, qualities, and etc. The example of descriptove text can be seen as follows:
MY HOUSE
I live in a small house. It has five rooms: there are two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Indeed it is a small
house; but I like living in here for wasting my spare time. When the door is open, I can see the living room. It is so small with
only three chairs and a table, nothing else. I prefer reading a novel in this room.
My bedroom is in the left side of the living room. In this room there is a night table next to the bed, a TV, a radio, and a computer.
When being bored of reading, I usually play online games, chat with my friends via Facebook and so on.
Next to my bedroom is my mothers. I do not know what is inside because I never come in to see it. In the right side of the living
room there is the kitchen. In the kitchen I have everything I need
when I get hungry. It is very pleasure when my mother cooks, the smell fills my whole house.
I know it is a very small house; but it is the best place I have ever seen.
II. Language Features of descriptive text are as follows: a Specific noun, such as; father, school, my dog, etc
b Simple present tense used c Detailed noun phrase: noun which gets adjectives informed.
Example: an intelligent tall student, a big large beautiful wooden house. d Various adjectives used; describing, numbering, classifying.
Example: three tall buildings, sharp white knife. e Relational process: verbs that describe the condition of participant or
describe possessives. Example: my car has four doors, my father is really handsome
2.5 Concept of Jigsaw
